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"She hated it.
The sound reminded her of that night..."

Crack by Chris Kenn https://medium.com/lit-up/crack-da197c3c51ae
dark #fiction #microfiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#quickread

"...Trace the razor edges
Of a smile stretched too thin
And you might find the pain
Buried within..."
A Burning-Out Candle by Crystal Jackson https://medium.com/lit-up/a-burning-out-candle-f1c0a9417fca
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#mentalhealth #SelfCare

"Power out here does what it wants..."
Lost Connection Part 2 by Lay Low Magazine https://medium.com/lit-up/lost-connection-a9f7a890fc5e
Missed part one? No worries the link is in the story ...
#fiction #scifi #serialfiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #ReadingCommunity

"It had been a year since the last family reunion cruise to the Bahamas, where the uncle had an ex-aunt that the nephew was told not to bring up..."
Lost Connection https://medium.com/lit-up/lost-connection-e617dbc58b77
#fiction #scifi #serialfiction in the Lit Up press #litpub & #readingcommunity

"The first thing to go was the grudge about the greenhouse..."
Exactly As Much by K.V Thorne https://medium.com/lit-up/exactly-as-much-4c52b62c616d
#fiction #shortfiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub & #readingcommunity
#dementia #grief #family

"When I close the door I see Eric walking my way. I panic so I duck..."
Domestic Life by Sebastian SD https://medium.com/lit-up/domestic-life-006a70ea449b
#fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#angermanagement #mentalhealth

"I think it’s time for us
to break out all the big guns we’ve got..."
MITChell by Cole Hardman https://medium.com/lit-up/mitchell-0a722b09c6c1
not up to date? no worries, links to find all the parts are provided in the story...
#fiction #scifi #serialfiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub & #readingcommunity

"...In Raya’s head, Death was nothing more than a wise, gloomy old man that awaited human souls at the gate of the afterlife..."
If Death Was Kind Enough to Lend Me a Blanket by Fatmaha Lindawati https://medium.com/lit-up/if-death-was-kind-enough-to-lend-me-a-blanket-ea25b9742ce7 #fiction in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity

"Dust motes dance on a sunbeam
as I scribble down a memory, pot it like a plant..."
Otro día by John E Marks https://medium.com/lit-up/otro-d%C3%ADa-f74a3403c232
just what I needed today
#poetry with a #music chaser
in the Lit Up press #litpub & #poetrycommunity

“...Sometimes abundance is just dissonance in a silky trench coat...”
Still Waters by Nina https://medium.com/lit-up/still-waters-06a49928f7af
#fiction #TheGreyZone in the Lit Up press #litpub & #readingcommunity

"...In Raya’s head, Death was nothing more than a wise, gloomy old man that awaited human souls at the gate of the afterlife..."
If Death Was Kind Enough to Lend Me a Blanket by Fatmaha Lindawati https://medium.com/lit-up/if-death-was-kind-enough-to-lend-me-a-blanket-ea25b9742ce7 #fiction in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity

"...Ancient Bloom
Opening-
It stared back

— with the same eye that the new moon has, these last long nights..."
Lunocular a #poem by Fleur Sauvage
https://medium.com/lit-up/lunocular-6e207fa26a43
#poetry #listening #writing in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"I have carried more dying across that low table than most of the doctors will in a career, and I have not once spilled a drop of it on myself..."
First Person by K.V Thorne https://medium.com/lit-up/first-person-f9a05ce34079
#mustread great #fiction #literaryfiction in the Lit Up press #litpub & #readingcommunity

"... I will ask my priest on Sunday if I blasphemed by creating a tiny god. It made it on accident..."
accidental god and other #poems
5 Poems by Ruslan Garrey https://medium.com/the-mad-river/5-poems-9eacd95e61da
#poetry in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity

"Frank had spent years proving to himself that he wasn’t a pianist..."
The Man in the Suit and Tie by Nina https://medium.com/lit-up/the-man-in-the-suit-and-tie-2763bb051750
another #tale from The Grey Zone collection
#fiction #literaryfiction in @thelituppress #litpub and #readingcommunity

"Fresh grief has a smell as insistent as peroxide…"
Hard to Swallow by Martyn Sullivan https://medium.com/lit-up/hard-to-swallow-be0d2fc756df
#fiction #literaryfiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity
#horror #food and #cats what more could you ask for?

"...this was a goddamn terrifying 600 pound tiger god radiating the ancient destruction of Shiva and Hades..."
Marco & The Tiger by Claron Hayden https://medium.com/lit-up/marco-the-tiger-519820b8de4c
#fiction #flashfiction #literaryfiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity

"It was Edie who said the house made you pick a time. She said it as a joke, that first autumn, peeling potatoes at the fast clock while I laid the table under the slow..."
The Slow Clock by K.V Thorne https://medium.com/lit-up/the-slow-clock-fb9977ddaf40
#fiction in Lit Up #litpub #readingcommunity

"Holding two contradictory notions together
is heavy weather blowing in
god-forsaken, we are, yeah?
Who knows why the wind blows..."
Shut your eyes and see by John E Marks https://medium.com/the-mad-river/shut-your-eyes-and-see-64dd45a3f3db
#poetry meets #music #TheFall in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity

“I like red and beige because it’s who I am.” Celesta leaned forward slightly. “A complementary contradiction...”
Colour Theory by Nina https://medium.com/lit-up/colour-theory-65331b420d0a
#flashfiction #fiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #ReadingCommunity

"Castleford Girls are bonny and fair ..."
Tenterhooks by Rachel Palmąka Mace https://medium.com/lit-up/tenterhooks-bab48b1fd497
a slice of #yorkshire #history
#fiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #ReadingCommunity

Latest part of
MITChell by @Coleminer31 https://medium.com/lit-up/mitchell-3354c136be85
Not sure where to start with MitcHELL after the otherworldly hiatus? Start with Part 1 or catch up on Part 2 all links included...
#SciFi #horror #fiction #drama in Lit Up #litpub and #readingcommunity

"...Today, the greens are greener;
The grays are less mean because there are so many grays..."
Wallenpaupack by Walter Bowne https://medium.com/lit-up/wallenpaupack-d3a75e37453f
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#time #nature #mentalhealth

"Evan wasn’t going over the fence. No way..."
Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You by Jeff Konkel https://medium.com/lit-up/dont-let-the-green-grass-fool-you-e7feed193c0f
chilling #horror #fiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity

"Many mornings, breakfast would remain an imaginary meal, and late nights were spent in solitude..."
Empty Nest Syndrome by Nina https://medium.com/lit-up/empty-nest-syndrome-9175ac875942
#fiction #literaryfiction in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity

"It always came during the summer. Some said it was the rains that kept it away all those months. The dry season wasn’t natural in our corner of the world so it attracted unnatural things"
A Force of Nature by Rebecca https://medium.com/lit-up/a-force-of-nature-927406e81933
#fiction Lit Up #litpub

“Now the murder was all she had left. They were all she needed...”
The Crows Lie by Micah Smith https://medium.com/lit-up/the-crows-lie-bac448ed3bc3
#serialfiction #horror #fiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub & #readingcommunity
Links to all parts in the #story

“Celesta didn’t particularly care for conversation; eye contact was often enough…”
The Girl with the Expressive Eyes by Nina
https://medium.com/lit-up/the-girl-with-the-expressive-eyes-fab78f69b92d?source=social.tw
#fiction #literaryfiction #flashfiction in Lit Up #litpub & #readingcommunity

“You learn the word before you learn the knives. Behind. You say it low and you say it all shift…”
Behind by K.V Thorne https://medium.com/lit-up/behind-f189527a030e
#fiction #literaryfiction #flashfiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity

“In the Doldrums it
is easy to slow scan the horizon
and see nothing much...”
Just Skimming
https://medium.com/lit-up/just-skimming-cc9b51c58f5d
#poetry #SyllabicVerse
In Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity #mentalhealth